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1. Spitfire Swing Spring - safety during disassembly (score: 1): Author: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:15:09 -0700 (PDT); When taking a swing spring off the car and taking it apart, are there safety issues similar to those when removing the front coil springs? How much energy is still in the leaf spring when you've jack; /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00063.html (7,244 bytes)
2. Re: Spitfire Swing Spring - safety during disassembly (score: 1): Author: Andre Rousseau <triumph@justdrive.ca>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:02:09 -0400; I never had an issues when removing my spring. If memory serves me well, I removed the spring first then the rest of the rear suspension. I did have the rear supported on jack stands and the body was; /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00064.html (7,873 bytes)
3. Re: Spitfire Swing Spring - safety during disassembly (score: 1): Author: Reed Mideke <rfm@collectivecomputing.com>; Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:48:31 -0700; The normal practice is to support the suspended parts (hub, drum, halfshaft etc.) of the side you are unbolting with a jack or such, so that the spring is not under load. This is done because it make; /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00065.html (7,770 bytes)
4. Re: Spitfire Swing Spring - safety during disassembly (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 05:55:34 -0400; None. The spring is completely relaxed before the axles hang down that far. It's a non issue. How much energy is still in the leaf spring when you've jacked up the backend until the axles rest on the; /html/spitfires/2004-09/msg00079.html (7,190 bytes)

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